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Covenant Retirement Communities has presented Sunrise resident Kari Cook with a college scholarhip. "It's a big help, and every little bit helps with me getting through college," said Cook, 17, who received a $1,225 scholarship from the nonprofit senior services provider to help pay for her education at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. Cook's dedication, kindness to residents and her work ethic were some of the reasons she was given a scholarship, said Domenica Wehmann, executive director of Covenant Village of Florida in Plantation. "She knows that she has to work hard and succeed, and you can feel that motivation in her," Wehmann said. "She really has...

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Covenant Retirement Communities has presented Sunrise resident Kari Cook with a college scholarhip."It's a big help, and every little bit helps with me getting through college," said Cook, 17, who received a $1,225 scholarship from the nonprofit...

FIRST TEAMComfort Ahonkhai
Palm Beach Gardens, senior
Pos.: OF
Stats: .328 BA, 8 RBI
Comment: Two-year starter scored 14 runs, slapped a 3-run home run and threw out the go-ahead run from centerfield in the Class...

While Chicago has been engaged in a heated debate over the use of public parks for President Barack Obama's library, his selection of a host university may have more to do with which institution can offer the most financial support than which offers the...

"We're Open For Business" is now Maryland's official state greeting. That cheesy expression appears on 20 yellow-and-white welcome signs on roads leading into the state. The words were added a couple of weeks ago, at the same time State...

At a friend's party not long ago, I witnessed what is fast becoming a familiar scene. Seated around an outside table on a glorious starlit evening, guests were mesmerized not by each other's company or by the host's fine barbecue or by the wonderful...

The University of Florida hired Cornell Provost Kent Fuchs as its 12th president on Wednesday.
There were no protesters. No screaming matches. No idle threats.
No naked attempt to undercut the public and open process.
In short, it was a very...

Children living next to driveways or parking lots coated with coal tar are exposed to significantly higher doses of cancer-causing chemicals than those living near untreated asphalt, according to a study that raises new questions about commonly used...

There is more to fat, of course, than love handles. More than a belly that sit-ups can't tame. Yet, hard as it is to imagine when our mirror zeroes in on our dimpled thighs, we need some fat. Fat is good. Fat kept our ancestors alive, and it keeps our...

Untested? No.
Rushed into production? Not really.
Full of substances that do harm? Hardly, and especially not compared with the dangers of the H1N1 flu virus.
That is the retort of researchers, scientists, federal health authorities and others familiar...